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...ultra he was. Logging training runs of 150 miles a week, Shapiro often did 40-mile workouts and entered "ultramarathons" of distances up to 100 miles. This guy, the casual observer might note, was crazy...
...regime's first concerted military effort to neutralize the Miskito minority, which makes up some 4% of Nicaragua's population of 2.7 million and occupies most of the country's vulnerable northeast region. The Sandinistas fear that the porous Honduras border, and the 336-mile Caribbean coastline, might eventually be used as a staging area for an invasion led by anti-Sandinista units. The forcible resettlement of the Miskitos was designed to prevent them from providing food, shelter and intelligence to the anti-Sandinistas. Whatever the reason, the Sandinista action against the Indian minority was being sharply...
...first trip outside Italy since the shooting, the Pope chose to make an 8,600-mile trek through four countries of West Africa. In response, Africans turned out by the tens, and hundreds of thousands. Normal activity in Nigeria's capital of Lagos all but stopped, as streets filled with crowds of well-wishers bearing pennants and portraits of the Pope. Fully half the population of Bata, capital of tiny Equatorial Guinea, came out to greet him and threw palm branches to blanket his path. In neighboring Gabon, a special residence for the Pontiff was built in two weeks...
...were attracted to cross-country, while this year the number has leaped to more than 4 million. New techniques, products and uncharted areas are developing to serve regiments of "skinny-ski" addicts. Yellowstone, Crater Lake, Sequoia and other national parks are offering winter ski touring. In 1973 the 34-mile Birkebeiner race and an accompanying 17-mile contest drew only 75 contestants. This year's outing will be the sport's Boston Marathon, attracting more than 7,000 participants...
Some cross-country fanatics, in fact, refuse to accept the comforts of touring centers. For purists, there are challenges like the 35-mile, six-day trek across the ridge line of the Sierra in Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks. It is an experience in mountaineering as well as skiing. The route rises 6,000 ft., almost straight up from the roadhead, to peaks of 13,000 ft. and more. One requirement: a small radio transmitter for avalanche protection. Other arcana may include polypropylene underwear, vapor-barrier booties and avalanche-probe ski poles. The reward of the trek is skier...